A GOOD WALK
ARDEE
TWELVE-HOLE Singles Stableford played on Sunday 28th January: 1st Adrian Buckley 32 pts, 2nd Noel Collier 30 pts, 3rd Joe Fay 29 pts.
Fourteen-hole Singles Stableford pl,ayed on Saturday 27th January: 1st Sean McAufield 34 pts, 2nd Kieran Coyle 33 pts (back 7), 3rd Garren Bellew 33 pts.
BELLEWSTOWN
SUNDAY’S Winter League result: 1st Robert McKenna, 2nd Gary Teelan.
Saturday’s Winter League result: 1st Eugene Lynch 25pts, 2nd Gerard O’Finn 23pts.
COUNTY LOUTH
WINNERS from Sunday’s Pro V Challenge: Front nine stableford - Class 1 Owen Branigan (8-1) 21pts ob3, Class 2 Paul Bermingham (13) 21pts; Back nine singles strokes - Class 1 Jim McMahon (11) 20pts ob6, Class 2 Martin Healy (23) 23pts.
Last Saturday’s Winter League No 16, sponsored by AIB Drogheda: Class 1 winner John Byrne (11) 71 ob9, 2nd Gavin Tuite (12) 71 ob9, Gross prize Danny Coyle 73; Class 2 winner Tom Garry (13) 73, 2nd Pat McCabe (20) 74 ob9, Gross prize Niall Shelley 87. SSS 73 non-qualifying. Team prize - Gerry Matthews (13-1), Michael McGuirk (6), Tom Matthews (15-1) & Hugh Thornton (13) 60.
CO LOUTH LADIES
WINNERS from last Tuesday’s front nine stableford: Class 1 Mia Quinn (5) 22pts, Class 2 Judith Clarke (23) 19pts, Class 3 Carlos McDowell (36) 19pts.
The Ladies Winter League is sponsored by AIB Drogheda and Boylan Print Group Drogheda.
DUNDALK
DARREN O’Brien produced a super round, which included three birdies, to win Sunday’s 14 Hole Single Stableford competition.
On a perfect day for golf, the 13 handicapper, shot an amazing 37pts for the 14 holes and was a clear winner by two points from Shane McGuinness (19) who had to settle for second overall.
Barry Cunningham (8), Michael Hamilton (15) and George Rogers (19) took the three category prizes with Peter Rogers (1) returning the best gross score for the second successive week.
O’Brien, who had 10 strokes to play with because of the reduced number of holes, got off to a great start with a three point par at the first but handed it back when he double-bogeyed the next. However, successive three point pars at the third and fourth holes got him back in the groove and a two ppint par at the fifth was followed by a three point birdie at the par five sixth.
He then parred the next three holes for a further eight points to turn for home on 23pts. A two point par at the 10th and a two point bogey at the index two 11th brought him to 27 points with three holes to go and he then proceeded to burn off the field with a blistering finish.
O’Brien pared the par-five 12th for three points and then parred the par-three 13th for another three points before birdieing the par four 18th for four points and signing for a remarkable 37pts.
Best wishes to our Irish international Caolan Rafferty who is part of a group of top Irish players competing this week in the South African Stroke Play Championship at Pecanwood Golf Club from Tuesday, February 6 to Friday, February 9.
Rafferty will also take part in the African Amateur Championship at Glendower Golf Club from February 13-16.
Congratulation to Padraig Fallon who has been named Boys Captain for 2018 and Claire McKenna who will be Girls Captain this year.
Sunday, February 4 – 14 Hole Singles Stableford – Overall: Darren O Brien (13) 37pts, Shane McGuinness (19) 35pts. Category 1 (0-12):Barry Cunningham (8) 34pts. Category 2 (13-18): Michael Hamilton (15) 33pts. Category 3 (19-28): George Rogers (19) 33pts. Best Gross: Peter Rogers (1) 29pts.
DUNDALK LADIES
THE second week of the Spring League took place on Saturday 28th and Tuesday 30th January.
Yet again the scoring was excellent with Marylou Grennan coming in with 20pts winning Class A.
Jennifer Holland is hot on Marylou’s heels posting another great score of 19pts.
Siobhan Rogers another lady to watch this season won Class B with 19pts.
Joan McKenna Hon Handicap Secretary scooped Class C with a super 20pts. Congratulations to all the winners.
Class A: 1st MaryLou Grennan (17) 20pts, 2nd Jennifer Holland (13) 19pts, 3rd Pauline Campbell (11) 19pts.
Class B: 1st Siobhan Rogers (21) 19pts, 2nd Gerardine Blackmore (24) 19pts, 3rd Violet McGeady (25) 18pts.
Class C: 1st Joan McKenna (31) 20pts, 2nd Oonagh Quinn (32) 19pts, 3rd Margaret Kieran (33) 18pts.
Twos: Maeve Ahern 5th.
LAYTOWN & BETTYSTOWN
JANUARY 28th nine-hole stableford results: A1 Course - 1st Frank Walsh 10/5 23pts, 2nd Conor Breheny 11/6 22pts ocb, 3rd Chris Black 15/8 22pts. B1 Course - 1st Raphael Smyth 5/3 20pts, 2nd Pat Rooney 5/3 19pts ocb, 3rd Stephen Branigan 13/7 19pts.
January 27th nine-hole stableford results: A1 Course - 1st Eugene Holland 19/10 22pts, 2nd Paul Sheedy 11/6 21pts, 3rd Shaun Black 9/5 20pts ocb. B1 Course - 1st Richard McDonnell 15/8 21pts, 2nd Robert Carey 6/3 20pts ocb.
January 24th Invitation Fourball 12-hole stableford: 1st Stephen Walsh 20/12 & John O’Reilly 13/8 29pts ocb; 2nd Declan Healy 11/7 & Denis Murphy 8/5 29pts ocb; 3rd Paul Smith 7/4 & Jim Smith 16/10 29pts.
LAYTOWN & BETTYSTOWN LADIES
TWELVE-HOLE stableford played last Thursday and Saturday: 1st Helena Coen 22pts ob6, 2nd Berna Carthy 22pts.
January 28th/29th nine-hole stableford: Div 1 winner Lolo Smyth (7) 21pts, 2nd Margaret Smith (8) 20pts; Div 2 winner Hilda Maher (10) 17pts, 2nd Deirdre Daly (12) 16pts; Div 3 winner Phil Rooney (12) 19pts, 2nd Joan Lenehan (12) 17pts; Div 4 winner Liz Wade (18) 19pts, 2nd Gaye English (18) 17pts.
MACBRIDE P&P
THERE was a wonderful tournout on Sunday morning for the official start of the 2018 season. Getting things under way and pitching off in style was our Club Captain Ray McKenna.
Last weekend also saw the start of the MacBride Winter League. Week 1 was an 18 nett competition and the Grade 1 Winner was Alan Cluskey who took the prize on the back nine with a score of 44 nett (h/c -5). Grade 2 was won by Darren Dooley with a score of 43 nett (h/c -7).
Week two of the League will be an 18 gross competition and this week’s times of play are Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 10am.
There was no jackpot winner in last Wednesday’s club lotto. The numbers were 9, 16, 17 & 19 and the lucky dip winners were Wigglesworth, Alan Andrews and Luke Mc Donald. Next Tuesday’s draw will have a jackpot prize of €2,800.
For more information about MacBride Pitch & Putt please contact us via our Facebook page.
MEATH P&P
WINNERS from last Saturday’s Meath County Board Spring Alliance Scramble competition, held at Laytown:
36 nett - Paddy Kelly (Trim), Noreen Ryan (Skryne), Ray McCormack (Laytown); 36 gross - Bridie Cummins (Trim), John Morgan (Dunshaughlin), Oliver Healy (Laytown).
This Saturday’s scramble will be held in Skryne, with the draw at 10.15am.
SEAPOINT
WINNERS from Sunday’s back nine strokes competition result: Overall - Tony McKenna (16) 31 nett; Cat 1 David Geoghegan (8) 31 nett ocb, Cat 2 Gary Keating (13) 31 nett, Cat 3 Gerard Murphy (20) 32 nett ocb.
Saturday’s back nine scotch foursomes: 1st Patrick Carr (20) & Noel Bannon (13) 23pts; 2nd Kieran Dullaghan (15) & Gerry Tuite (12) 22pts; 3rd Francis McEvoy (23) & Kevin McEvoy (20) 21pts ocb.
SEAPOINT LADIES
JANUARY 28th competition result: 1st Eithne McMorrow (19) 19pts, 2nd Sandra Kierans (24) 18pts. The winner of the January 27th competition was 27-handicapper Elizabeth Murphy with 18 points.
SEAPOINT P&P
WEEK three of the Briscoe Expert Electrical Winter League, an 18 nett, took place last weekend and the results were as follows:
Senior - 1st Pat Fanning 42, 2nd Brian McGinn 43. Inter - 1st Anto Mullen 40, 2nd Frank Penders 42 (ob9 20). Junior - 1st Eddie Smith 41 (ob9 20½), 2nd Paddy Davis 41. Ladies - 1st Mary Coyle 40, 2nd Barbara Murphy 41 (ob9 20).
The five points for the week went to Team 5 (Brian McGinn, Anto Mullen, Eddie Smith & Mary Coyle) who had a score of -38, while three points went to Team 1 (Johnny Campbell snr, Kieran McDonnell, Colin Campbell & Bridie Hanratty) thanks to their score of -31.
Week four of the Winter League will be an 18 gross and this week’s times of play are Friday and Saturday at 1.30pm and Sunday at 9.30am and 1.30pm.
On Saturday March 3rd our two Captains for 2018, Joanne and Paul Cooney, will host the annual Captain’s Pitch-in. Also on the day will be the presentation of the Winter League, kindly sponsored by Briscoe Expert Electrical. More details will follow in the coming weeks.
Seapoint Pitch and Putt Club are proud hosts of the International Irish Open, to be held on August 25th and 26th.
Check out our website page and our Facebook page.
TOWNLEY HALL
JANUARY 27th/28th Spring Lamb nine-hole re-entry competition result: 1st John Byrne, 2nd Pauric Pentony. The mid-week winner for that week was Jim Faulkner with 20 points.